Shade



Fume 30, 193.

W. F. DAVEY SHADE Many.

Filed Oct. 29, 1955 e U m 76 W er JmmM I [@m% Patented June 30, 1936 UNITED" STATES PATENT cert-ca Walter F. Davey, Somerville, Mass. Application October 29, 1935, Serial No. 47,257

' 9 Claims. (o1.1s5 7.1)

This invention relates to a shade and particularly to a type of shadecommonly known; as a beach or lawn shade. r p j The primary object of the invention'pis to provide a practical and effective portable or temporary shade which may be set up easily and,

quickly out ,of doors inv exposed places, as, for example, upon lawns or at the seashore and utilized as a shelter and protection against sun, Wind and rain.

- Another object of the invention is to provide a device which, when open and in use, may be tipped into numerous positions as may be necessary to provide the protection desired, there .being a single, swivel bracket provided at each side of the shade upon which all of the members of the shade at each mounted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective means for holding the flex-' ible covering of the shade tightly stretched and fastened in its open position. l

gstill. another object of, the invention is toprovidea structure which may be folded or rolled to occupy a minimum amount of spacewhen it is collapsed and not in use.

Referring to the drawing:- Fig.1irepresents a perspective view of a shade embodying my invention, said shade being illustrated in an open, tipped position.

Fig. 2 is an-enlarged detail front elevation of a pivoted bracket, together with the adjacent portions of the frame members of the shade that" are held in assembled relation by said bracket. i Fig; 3 is a side elevation of the portions of the structuredisclosed in Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of "the adjacent end portions of the stretching bars for the flexible covering, and including the means for fastening and holding said bars in their extended position.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the drawing, the numerals 5 represent upright standards preferably adapted to be inserted firmly in the ground although it is evident that they may be secured in suitable stable base members, if it is so desired. The standards 5 are slotted at their upper ends at'6 to receive 00-. operating clamping members I and 8 each preferably constructed of sheet metal and so positioned relatively to each other that a side bar 9 for a, covering ID of canvas or other suitside thereof are adjustably able material may be securely clamped therebetween. p

The clamping members 7 are formed with an QI arcuate'intermediate portion II of approximately 2'70, curved to fit the periphery of the bars 9, and said members terminate in radially disposed wings I2 which extendapproximately perpendicular to each other. The clamping mem- 0I bers8 are formed with an arcuate intermediate portion I3 of approximately also curvedto fit the periphery of the bars 9, and said members terminate in radially disposed wings I I extending approximately perpendicular to each 9 other. The clamping members i and 8 are pivotally secured Within the slots 6 of the standards 5 by means of bolts I5 which extend through said standards and through the depending wing portions I2 and I 4 respectively of said clamping members, and said bolts I5 may be utilized as a means for varying the pressure of the clamping 20 members I and 8 upon the bars 9. 7

The side bars 9 are secured to the opposite end portions of the covering It] within hems I6 provided at said ends, and said bars hold the end portions of the covering extended laterally. 25

The covering I0 is held stretched lengthwise by means of stretching bars I! which are pivotally secured at one end thereof to wings I2 and I4 of the clamping. members 1 and 8 respectively by bolts I8, said wings being positioned within 30 slots I9 provided at the ends of the stretching bars. The bolts I8 extend through the stretching bars I! and through the wings I2 and I t and these bolts may also be utilized as a means for varying the pressure of the clamping mem- 35 hers I and 8 upon the bars 9. H V w Adjacent overlapping end portions of the stretching bars I! are provided with a plurality of holes 20 and aresecured together in a manner to hold the covering It taut by means of a pin 2| or other suitable fastening member which is inserted through aligning holes 26 of said bars. The stretching of the covering IE3 is accomplished before the standards 5 are inserted in the ground, and in performing this operation the stretching bars I1 are first positioned crosswise to each other approximately as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 and the pin 2I is inserted through properly aligned holes 20, after which said bars are straightened relatively to each other into the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 4,

A ring 22 which is mounted loosely upon one of the bars I! is then moved into a position where it will encircle both of the bars I1 as illustrated in Fig. 1 whereupon the bars I! will be securely held in aligned position and the covering IE) will be stretched taut and prevented from collapsing. The shade is then ready to be mounted by inserting the standards 5 in the ground as illustrated in Fig. 1, or in a suitable base member provided therefor.

When the shade of this invention is mounted ready for use the side bars 9 and the covering 10 mounted thereon may be tipped to any angle desired at eitherside of the standards 5, or said covering may be located in a horizontal position if desired. In tipping the side bars 9 and cover ing [0 the clamping members I and 8 will rock in unison upon the pivotal bolts l5 and sufficient friction is provided between the contacting surfaces of the depending wings l2 and i4 and the surfaces of ,the slots 6 of the standards 5 to maintain said side bars and covering at any angle at which they. may be tipped.

In collapsing the shade the ring 22 is firstmoved toward the right in Fig. 1 to permit the overlapping end portions of the stretching bars I! to be separated. Preferably the pin 2| is adrive fit in a hole 20 of one of said bars so that it will not become accidentally disengaged from the bar and lost, and said pin 2| furthermore is of suflicient length so that the ring 22 mounted upon the same stretching bar I! in which the pin 2| is a tight fit cannot slide off said bar and also become lost.

After the adjacent end portions of the stretching bars I! have been separated the stretching bars and standards 5 are swung upon their re spective pivotal bolts until they assume a position parallel to the side bars 9, thereupon the covering It] may be folded between the bars and standards and the entire collapsed structure will occupy a minimum amount of space and may be easily handled and moved from place to place.

I claim: r V

l. A shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards, a flexible covering pivotally mounted upon said standards, and means to stretch said covering between the standards.

2-. IA shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards, bars pivotally mounted ally mounted upon 'said' standards, mean to stretch said covering lengthwise between the H standards, and means to fasten the stretching means in an extended position.

3. A shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards, bars pivotally mounted upon said standards, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to said bars, and means to stretch said covering lengthwise thereof between the bars. r

4. A shade of the characted. described compris ing a pair of standards, clamps pivotally mounted upon said standards, side bars mounted upon said clamps, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to said bars and held extended therebetween, and other bars pivotally attached to said clamps to stretch said covering between the side bars.

5. A shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards, a pair of co-operating clamping members pivotally mounted to rock in unison at the top of each standard, side bars mounted between said clamping members, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to said bars, and other bars pivotally attached to said clamping members to stretch said covering lengthwise thereof between the side bars.

6. A shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards, a pair of co-operating clamping members at the top of each standard, a bolt pivotally securing said clamping members to each of said standards, side bars mounted between each pair of clamping members and clamped thereto by said bolt, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to-said side bars; and other bars pivotally attached to said clamping'members and to each other and adapted to stretch said covering between the side bars.

7. A shade of the character described compris'-' ing a pair of standards each providedwith a slot at its upper end,a pair of co-operating clamping members mounted in the slot of each standard, a bolt pivotally securing'said clamping members to said standards in said slots, a side bar mount-- ed between each pair of clamping members and clamped thereto by said bolt, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to said side bars, and other bars pivotally attached to said clamping members and to each other and adapted to stretch said covering between the side bars.

8. A shade of the character described comprising a pair of standards each provided with a slot at the upper end, a pair of co-operating clamping members mounted in the slot of each standard, a bolt pivotally securing said clamping members to said standards in said Slots, a side bar mounted between each pair of clamping members and clamped thereto by said bolt, a flexible covering attached at its opposite ends to said side bars, other bars pivotally attached to said clamping members and to each other and adapted to stretch said covering between the side bars, means to fasten the stretching bars in an extended 'position, andmeahsto hold the stretching bars in alignment.

.9. A shade ofthecharacter described comprising a pair of standards, a flexible covering attached atits oppositeends to said standards, and

means to force said standardsapart and thereby stretch said covering therebetween.

WALTER F. DAVEY. 

